Landing-net.



'No. 723,484. I PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

G. PALEY. LANDING NET.

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PATENTED MAR. '24, 1903.

G. PALEY. LANDING NET.

APPLICATION FILED 0053.16, 1902.

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WITNESkES. I M?" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE PALEY, OF PRESTQN, ENGLAND.

LAN DlNEB-NET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 723,484, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filed October I6, 1902.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE PALEY, a British subject, and a resident of Preston, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Landing-Nets, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement applies particularly to the class of angling landing-nets in which the hoop or portion to which the net is fixed is dropped down or reversed for convenience of carriage when not in use.

It consists, essentially, in constructing the appliance with a spring-hoop with the ends fitted in opposite directions into separate holes in the socket in which they can rotate and fitting one end of the spring-hoop with a bent or cranked end to engage a hole, notch, or projection in the socket to hold it in the erected or operative position and from which it can be readily disengaged to drop it.

It will be fully described with referenceto the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation with the hoop A and net B in operative position; Fig. 2, afront elevation with the hoop A in operative position; Fig. 3, a side elevation with the hoopA folded or reversed; Fig. 4, a front elevation with the hoop A folded or reversed; Fig. 5, an enlarged side elevation extended; Fig. 6, an enlarged side elevation folded or reversed; Fig. 7, an enlarged section extended; Fig. 8, a side elevation showing a modification; Fig. 9, a side elevation of same folded or reversed; Fig. 10, a front elevation of same.

The appliance is constructed with a springhoop A, of metal, wood, or other material, to hold the net B, and a socket or support 0, of metal, wood, or other material, to which the hoop A is attached. I The hoop A is made with a spring, so that if the ends etc were released they would spring apart and are held in position by being entered into holes 0 c in the socket or support. The socket or support 0 is of any suitable shape and is provided with two holes 0 c to receive the ends a a of the spring-hoop A, into which they are passed in opposite directions and in which the said ends are free to rotate as the hoop is folded from the operative or extended position (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) to the folded or reversed position. (Shown in Figs. 3 and 4.)

Serial No. 127,600. (No model.)

In the socket 0 there is also a hole 0 as in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, or a notch 0 as in Figs. 8, 9, and 10.

The end a of the spring-hoop A is formed with a pin (or head) to prevent it being drawn out of the hole 0, and the end a is cranked or bent into the" form of a loop, the extreme end engaging the hole 0 or notch c to lockit 0 or notch 0 which locks it and prevents rotation in either direction, and when the net is not required for use the end a is drawn back out of the hole or notch by compressing the hoop A sufficiently to disengage it from the hole 0 inthe socket O. This allows the hoop to be rotated in the holes 0 c and folded back against the 'rod or handle D to the reverse position. (Shown in Figs. 3, 4, 6, and 9.)

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. A landing-net comprising a spring-hoop upon which the net is hung, a socket with separate holes to receive the ends of the spring-hoop, and means for locking the hoop in an extended position substantially as described.

2. Alanding-net constructed with a springhoop upon which the net is hung, a socket with holes into which the ends of the hoop pass in opposite directions, a crank-loop on one end of the hoop, and a hole with which GEORGE PALEY.

\Vitnesses:

J. OWDEN OBRIEN, HARRY BARNEATHER. 

